Poets of the tamil anthologies: ancient poems of love and war
Auteur :
Hart, George L.
Éditeur :
Princeton University Press
ISBN :
9780691608457
Date de publication :
8 mars 2015
Dimensions :
23,5 x 15,2 cm
Poids :
318 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
The poems of ancient Tamil are one of India's most important contributions to world literature. Presented here in English translation is a selection of roughly three hundred poems from five of the earliest poetic anthologies of classical Tamil literature. These lyrical poems are intimately related to the agricultural society that produced them, and